In Cornwall and Across the Sea With Poems Written in Devonshire. By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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TRAFALGAR.
Written on Trafalgar Bay.
Cape Trafalgar! O Bay of Trafalgar,
What Englishman can look unmoved on thee
While being borne on shipboard o'er the sea,
Where that October morn was seen afar,
Issuing in all the pride of naval war,
The banded might of France and Spain to be
Shattered in Nelson's crowning victory
Ere darkness fell. O Cape and Bay ye are
Not grand or lovely, but ye illustrate
A truth as old as time, that humble things
Can be ennobled by endeavours great
Into a majesty unmatched by Kings.
Such is the halo heroism throws
Round every barren point on which it glows.
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